Part of Image:Planetary society.jpg Original caption: "Founding of the Planetary Society Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman, the founders of The Planetary Society at the time of signing the papers formally incorporating the organization. The fourth person is Harry Ashmore, an advisor, who greatly helped in the founding of the Society. Ashmore was a Pulitizer Prize winning journalist and leader in the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s."

American astronomer and writer

About Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan was an American astronomer and writer.

His Highlights/Legacy

He is mainly responsible for discovering the high surface temperatures of Venus, as well as researching for extraterrestrial life. He wrote dozens of books and hundreds of scientific articles during his career.

Books: "Cosmos", "Contact", "The Dragons of Eden", "Broca's Brain".

"Cosmos" and "Contact" were adapted for the TV series and the film of the same name, respectively, by Sagan.

His Awards

He won the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, 2 Emmy Awards for the TV series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" and the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction for "The Dragons of Eden".

His Personal Life

He was married 3 times and he had 5 children. He died of pneumonia at the age of 62.

Famous quotes by Carl Sagan

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.Carl Sagan

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.Carl Sagan

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.Carl Sagan

I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.Carl Sagan

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?Carl Sagan

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.Carl Sagan

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.Carl Sagan

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.Carl Sagan

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.Carl Sagan

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.Carl Sagan

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.Carl Sagan

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.Carl Sagan

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.Carl Sagan

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.Carl Sagan

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